Leah Thiessen
Education
2014 Bachelor of Visual Art - SCU - Painting major
1997 Diploma of Fine Arts - Seaforth TAFE (Sydney)
1996 Certificate in Studio Ceramics – Brookvale TAFE (Sydney)
Exhibition
2022 20000 Small Scale Art Award- Finalist- Brisbane
2022 Lethbridge Landscape Art prize- Finalist – Brisbane
2022 Walcha Gallery- joint exhibition- NSW
2022 “Melbourne Art Fair 22” -Flinders Lane Gallery- Melbourne
2022 “Summer Show” – Lethbridge Gallery- Brisbane
2022 “Rhythms of the Monaro”- Wagner Gallery- Group- Sydney
2021 Despard Summer show- Group- Hobart
2021 Grounded- Solo- Despard gallery- Hobart
2021 Broadwater- Solo- Flinders Lane gallery- Melbourne
2021 Muswellbrook Art Prize- Finalist- Muswellbrook Regional Gallery
2020 Despard Summer show- Despard Gallery- Hobart- GROUP
2020 John Leslie Art Prize- Finalist- Gippsland Art Gallery- Melbourne
2020 Afternoon light - Lethbridge Gallery- Solo- Brisbane
2020 Abstract- Despard Gallery- Joint exhibition – Hobart
2020 Live in art - invitation art prize- Finalist- Sydney
2020 John Villiers Art Prize- Finalist – QLD
2020 Glover Art Prize- Finalist- Tasmania
2019 30 x 30 – Flinders Lane Gallery- Melbourne- GROUP
2019 My Backyard – Rochfort Gallery – Sydney- GROUP
2019 20/20 -Sothern Cross University- Exhibition of excellence-Gold Coast
2019 Clayton UTZ Art Prize- Finalist- Brisbane
2019 Gosford Art Prize- Finalist- Gosford Regional Gallery
2019 Calleen Art Prize- Finalist- Cowra Regional Gallery
2019 “Ebb & Flow” – Lethbridge Gallery- Brisbane- SOLO
2019 “Girt by sea”- Rochfort gallery- Sydney – GROUP
2018 John Leslie Art Prize – Gippsland Art Gallery- Victoria
2018 Drawn in – Wooloongabba Art Gallery- BRISBANE- GROUP
2018 Pro Hart outback art prize- Finalist -Broken Hill
2018 “Pigments at play”- Rochfort Gallery- Sydney- GROUP
2018 “Paint” -Saltcontemporary- Victoria- GROUP
2018 “The spirit of place”- Boom Gallery-Victoria- SOLO
2018 “ESSENSE”- ARO Gallery- Sydney-
2018 “Land and Sea”- Rochfort Gallery- North Sydney- GROUP
2018 “Summer Series” - Saltcontemporary Gallery- Victoria- GROUP
2017 Gosford Art Prize- Gosford Regional Gallery- COMMENDED
2017 Terra Firma- Boom Gallery- Victoria- GROUP
2017 Dirt Music- Lethbridge gallery- SOLO
2017 Associated Artist- Scott Livesey Galleries- Victoria
2016 The Paddington Art Prize- Sydney
2016 Redland Art Awards – Redland art gallery – Cleveland
2016 John Leslie Art Prize- Gippsland art gallery- Victoria
2016 Depot Gallery- #asociallandscape- Waterloo Sydney- GROUP
2016 Woollongabba Art Gallery- 23rd Degree- Brisbane – GROUP
2016 Calleen Art Award – Cowra Regional Gallery
2016 Watters Gallery - Sydney – Group
2016 “Immersion”- Lethbridge gallery-Brisbane – SOLO
2015 Calleen Art Award – Cowra Regional Gallery
2015 Clayton Utz- Art Prize- Brisbane
2014 The Paddington Art Prize
2014 Clayton Utz- Art Prize- Brisbane
2014 The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize – Highly Commended
2014 ‘Undiscovered’ – Lone Goat Gallery Byron Bay – GROUP
2013 Gold Coast Art Prize- Finalist- Gold Coast Gallery
2012 Landscape – School of Art Gallery – ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Awards | Grants | Collections
2020 Arthur & Suzie Roe Collection – Melbourne
2017 Gosford Regional Art Prize- Highly Commended
2014 The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize - Highly Commended
2013 William Fletcher Foundation Grant
2011 The Kaske Award- Painting
Currently we have no editions available.
Commission Enquiry
Commission Message
If you have seen an artwork by this artist but it’s sold or you would like something similar in a different size, you are welcome to email us an enquiry and we will start the process of commissioning an artwork.